Amy and I learned a lot about natural weight loss, nutrition, diet and general health from our own personal battle with obesity and decided to start Health Actually to share what we had learned. We’ve shared a lot of that knowledge over the last few months, but I figured it was high time that I share the details of I lost 120 pounds and kept it off for the last five years.

Our recent juice fast adventures were a lot of fun and really struck a chord with a lot of people. We still get a lot of questions about juice fasting and one of the most frequent is “What is the best juicer?” We’ve answer that question many times now so I thought it would be more helpful to put up a post about it.

Naturally we don’t have the cash to go out and personally buy every juicer and try it, but we’ve done a lot of research online and actually spoke with a lot of both home and industrial users. Not to mention we’ve done a fair amount of juicing ourselves now. So with all that in mind here’s what we’ve learned. Hope it helps you decide on which is the best juicer for you.

Talk to your kids about their weight. It’s not a scary subject unlike the dreaded “sex” talk after all, right? Or…is it?

If your child is overweight, talking to them about it is a touchy, sensitive subject. As caring parents, we know we have to address the problem, but we don’t want to hurt or damage our children. It’s a tough issue to talk to our kids about, obesity, and it ranks right up there with talking about sex.

This healthy, Halloween treat recipe for Meringue Bones is the best when it comes to fat! There’s NONE of IT – completely fat free! Plus, it’s so easy and clever to put together. It takes no time to whip them up, and it’s worth the baking time when considering how low in calories they are = creepy, cool, cookies that won’t make you scary fat!

What is the best dehydrator? Well, that depends on your needs and what you’re looking to spend. There are a lot of great reasons to use a food dehydrator which means that not everybody is going to have the same criteria for finding their best dehydrator. Maybe...